2013
Medical Center
STARS Summer Research Program for Students
Dagem Adera
Andrew Bazley
Harmony Science Academy
Booker T. Washington HSPVA
Host: Denise Marciano, M.D., Ph.D.
Host: Jenny Hsieh, Ph.D.
Role of p120 Catenin in
Regulating Glis2 Function
Purinergic Signaling in Isoxazole
Driven Neurogenesis
Ivette Alvarez
Susy Briones
Peak Preparatory High School
Williams Preparatory
Host: Rana Gupta, Ph.D.
Host: Ivan D’Orso, Ph.D.
Molecular Determinants of
Brown and White Adipocyte
Development
Cancer-Related Mutations
in PPM1G Lead to Loss of
Phosphatase Function
Olatunde Badejo
Kevin Chow
North Garland High School
Coppell High School
Host: Michael Shiloh, M.D., Ph.D.
Host: Ezra Burnstein, M.D.
Discovering Peptide Sequences
for Use in a Mimotope Vaccine
Generation of Antibody Against
Deubiquitinase USP21
Emily Barnes
Emanuel Cortes
Episcopal School of Dallas
School for the Talented and
Gifted at Yvonne A. Ewell
Townview Center
Host: Dean Smith, M.D., Ph.D.
Abnormal Courtship Behavior
in Male Fruit Flies Lacking
Odorant Receptors Or65abc
Yesenia Barrios
Saginaw HIgh School
Host: Zhi-Ping Liu, Ph.D.
The Histone Demethylase
JMJD2B is Required for Proliferation and Anchorage-Independent Growth of Prostate Cancer
Host: Shawn Burgess, Ph.D.
Inducing Oxidative Stress in
Nicotinamide Nucleotide
Transhydrogenase-Enzymatic
Deficient C57BL/6 Mice
2013
Medical Center
STARS Summer Research Program for Students
James Ding
Juan Galindo
Flower Mound High School
Summit International
Preparatory
Host: Jennifer Kohler, Ph.D.
Host: Xiaoying Bai, M.D., Ph.D.
Optimization of the Expression
and Purification of Recombinant
CTxB
A Chemical Screen to Study
TIF1gamma Function in
Zebrafish Hematopoiesis
Felonie Doss
Trinidad Garza Eearly College
High School
Host: Ann Stowe, Ph.D.
Detraining Minimizes the
Protective Influence of Exercise
on the Adaptive Immune
Mechanisms
Joseph Giroux
Bryan Adams High School
Host: Fan Gao, Ph.D.
Development of a ComputerControlled Motorized Device
Samya Isa
Julian Escamilla
Plano East High School
Desoto High School
Host: Lind Baker, M.D.
Host: Sandeep Burma, Ph.D.
CDK Inhibition Increases
Sensitivity to PARP Inhibitor in
BRCA1-Deficient Cancer Cells
Cecilia Esquivel
School for the Talented and
Gifted at Yvonne A. Ewell
Townview Center
Host: Helmut Kramer, Ph.D.
A Genetic Screen for Dominant
Suppressors of Drosophila
Acinus
A Novel Familial Prune Belly
Syndrome FLNA Mutation
Results in Enhanced β-integrin
Binding
Jorge Jaimes
W.H. Adamson High School
Host: Joel Goodman, Ph.D.
How Deletion Mutants of
Seipin Affect its Localization and
Phenotype
2013
Medical Center
STARS Summer Research Program for Students
Sofia Joison
Cecilia Serrano
J.J. Pearce High School
John A. Dubiski Career
High School
Host: Ian Corbin, Ph.D.
Host: Vitaly Margulis, M.D.
Albumin Secretion in Primary
Hepatocytes and Liver Cell Lines
Methylation-Sensitive High
Resolution Melt in the Study of
the E-Cadherin Promoter
Erik Lamas
W. T. White High School
Host: Michael Buszczak, Ph.D.
Screening of Ovaries in Female
Drosophila Melanogaster with
Gene Insertions
Carolynn Van Zandt
Waxahachie High School
Host: Benjamin Chen, Ph.D.
Characteristics of DNA Repair
Function in a Variety of Mouse
Embryonic Fibroblasts
Lucy Lin
Lamar High School
Host: Matthew Lewis, Ph.D.
Initial Experiences with the
Verasonics Ultrasound Research
Platform
Christy Purnadi
R.L. Turner High School
Host: Ming-Chang Hu, M.D., Ph.D.
Characterization of Dox
Nephrotoxicity in Mice
Wesley Runnels
School of Science and
Engineering Magnet
Host: Genevieve Konopka, Ph.D.
Transcriptional Networks
Regulated by FOXP1
Rachana Vemireddy
Plano East High School
Host: David Boothman, Ph.D.
Tumor-specific Targeting of the
NAD+ Biosynthetic Pathway by
Combining β-Lapachone with
NamPT inhibitors
2013
Medical Center
STARS Summer Research Program for Students
STARS Associates
Sarah Ahmed
Mary Clare Beytagh
Plano East Senior High School
The Hockaday School
Host: Thomas Carroll, Ph.D.
Host: Kathryn O’Donnell, Ph.D.
Debunking the Myths Behind
WNT Signaling: Universal Beta
Catenin Target Does Not Exist
A “Sleeping Beauty” Mutagenesis
Screen to Identify and Validate
Novel Genes and Pathways
Driving Lymphomagenesis
Dylan Altschuler
St. Mark’s School of Texas
Host: Robin Hiesinger, Ph.D.
Aarohan Burma
St. Mark’s School of Texas
Host: Robert Bachoo, M.D., Ph.D.
The “Lattice Shift Model” of
Neural Superposition in the
Drosophila Eye
Analysis of Temozolomide
Resistance in Glioblastoma
Mason Amelotte
Jonah Donnenfield
Jesuit College Preparatory
School of Dallas
Highland Park High School
Host: Joseph Takahashi, Ph.D.
Host: Deborah Clegg, Ph.D.
Novel Findings Implicate Inverse
Relationship Between MT-3 and
ERα
Patrick Arraj
Jesuit College Preparatory
School of Dallas
Host: Jin Jiang, Ph.D.
A Kinome-Wide RNAi Screen
for Regulators of Intestinal
Stem Cell Proliferation and
Regeneration
Phenotypic Characterization of
Mice Heterozygous for a Novel
ENU-Induced Mutation in
Melanocortin-4 Receptor
2013
Medical Center
STARS Summer Research Program for Students
STARS Associates
Angela Hillsman
John Rivera
Greenhill School
Greenhill School
Host: Doris Lambracht-Washington,
Ph.D.
Host: Christopher Derderian, M.D.
Establishment of an Assay to Test
for the Cytotoxicity of Amyloid
Beta Peptides and the Potential
Neuroprotective Effects of Aβ
Antibodies
Adipose Derived Stromal Vascular Cells Delay the Onset of
Radiation-Induced Skin Injury
Amy Tao
The Hockaday School
Trevor Johnson
Jesuit College Preparatory
School of Dallas
Host: Dwight German, Ph.D.
Do Pediatric Infant Vaccines
Affect Brain Structure?
Alexis Jones
The Hockaday School
Host: Yuh Min Chook, Ph.D.
Deciphering the Hexapeptide
Mutations of hnRNPAs in ALS
Traian Pop
School for the Talented and
Gifted at Yvonne A. Ewell
Townview Center
Host: Rolf Brekken, Ph.D.
Generation of PS-Negative
Tumor-Derived Exosomes
Host: Kim Orth, Ph.D.
Vibrio Parahaemolyticus’s VopQ
Interacts with the Host Lysosomal Membrane, Disturbing
Cellular Homeostasis